TY - CHAP
T1 - Maternal Undernutrition and Fetal Programming
T2 - Role of the Placenta
AU - Belkacemi, Louiza
AU - Nelson, D. Michael
AU - Desai, Mina
AU - Ross, Michael G.
PY - 2011/3/21
Y1 - 2011/3/21
KW - Barker hypothesis - undernourished fetus, exhibiting "thrifty phenotype"
KW - DOHaD field, lacking specific mechanisms - for explaining effects for epidemiological observations in adult human disease
KW - Developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD)
KW - Fetal amino acids (AA)- from maternal AA pools derived from diet
KW - Fetal origins of adult disease/programming
KW - IGF family of hormones - modulating growth, cell division and differentiation
KW - Maternal undernutrition - and fetal programming, and placental role
KW - Multiple factors, interaction - influencing placental delivery of nutrients to fetus
KW - Placental transport of AA - affected by activity and location of AA transporter systems
KW - Primary determinant of fetal growth - nutrient concentration in maternal circulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885568623&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/9781444393927.ch1
DO - 10.1002/9781444393927.ch1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84885568623
SN - 9781444333664
SP - 1
EP - 9
BT - The Placenta
PB - Wiley Blackwell
ER -